Protect self, family from metal water contamination
Including aluminum, arsenic, iron, lead, mercury…
The presence of heavy metals in water is widespread, affecting hundreds of cities and roughly 50 million Americans. In high dosages, these heavy metals are highly toxic to humans, even deadly.
Their effects in minute amounts is not well known.
Many water systems contain metals in excess of federal standards.
But even when the levels of heavy metals remain “acceptable,” what is not known is their effects when ingested for decades. Remember that metals accumulate in our bodies, lodging deep within cells & resisting elimination.
Following is an alphabetical list of detected heavy metals in water.
The listed metals which comprise some of the matter that could cause deadly water contamination will be linked to separate pages offering more information on the respective metal.
Aluminum in water (more coming). Born out of our utensils & appliances, it also enters us through water that has been industrially polluted. More…
Antimony in water (more coming)
Arsenic in water (more coming) The stuff of numerous murder tales, fact & fiction, arsenic is extremely poisonous at excessive levels More…
Barium in water (more coming)
Beryllium in water (more coming)
Cadmium in water (more coming)
Chromium in water (more coming)
Copper in water (more coming)
Iron in water (more coming)
Lead in water (more coming) The presence of lead in our water is one of the biggest sources of heavy metal contamination. More…
Mercury in water (more coming)
Nickel (more coming)
Nitrates in water (more coming)
Radioactive water (more coming)
Radon in water (more coming)
Selenium in water (more coming)
Thallium in water (more coming)
Dealing with metal water contamination
Many persons will want to know what metals & other contaminants their water system contains. You can easily pick up a water tester at a house & home store.
But, levels of metals in water can shift abruptly.
Most of the metals in our water listed above can be dealt with by buying a good water filter. Ask a reputable appliance dealer for a recommendation or just click on our Aquasana link to get a high quality water filter.